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The Penang International Airport is Malaysia's third busiest by passenger traffic and the busiest by export volume, while the Port of Penang is the main transshipment hub of northern Malaysia. The island city of George Town is physically connected to mainland Seberang Perai by two road bridges and the oldest ferry service in the country .
Introduced by the Penang state government in 2014, the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) envisaged three new motorways intended to disperse traffic from the existing roads throughout George Town, in addition to a cross-strait tunnel which would connect the city with Seberang Perai. [1] [2] The three proposed roads are:
As of 2020, Penang recorded 2,772,378 private vehicles for a population of 1,740,405, resulting in a ratio of 1.59 vehicles per person. [5] [7] Traffic congestion was particularly pronounced along the downtown George Town–Bayan Lepas corridor, where average daily traffic reached 64,144 vehicles in 2018. [8]
On 7 December 2010, after former second Penang chief minister Lim Chong Eu died on 24 November 2010, the Penang state government renamed the expressway Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway in his honour. Construction of the 6 km (3.7 mi) long Ayer Itam–Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway Bypass , part of the Penang Transport Master Plan , is expected to ...
Penang International Airport (PIA) (IATA: PEN, ICAO: WMKP) is an international airport in George Town, the capital city of the Malaysian state of Penang.The airport is located at the southeastern tip of Penang Island, 16 km (9.9 mi) south of the city centre, and serves the country's second largest conurbation.
The Penang International Airport, currently Malaysia's third busiest airport, serves the city of George Town. Kuching International Airport at night A passenger is described as a person who departs, arrives or passes in condition of transit through any airport located between the borders of Malaysia at any point of time during a year.
The Penang Bridge across the Penang Strait was the first expressway in Penang. The bridge was the longest bridge in Southeast Asia upon its completion in 1985. The Second Penang Bridge lies to the south of the Penang Bridge. With a total length of 24 kilometres (15 mi), it is currently the second longest bridge in Southeast Asia.
The Mutiara LRT Line (English: Pearl) is a light rail transit (LRT) system under development in Penang.The 29.5 km (18.3 mi) line will connect George Town's city centre with its southern suburbs of Jelutong, Gelugor and Bayan Lepas, with a link towards Seberang Perai across the Penang Strait.